Gillespie,Dana Deep Pockets CD

2021 release. Dana Gillespie's affair with the blues shows not the slightest sign of flagging. Deep Pockets, the follow-up to 2019's Under My Bed, is a collection of 12 Gillespie originals, mostly written with long-standing lead guitarist Jake Zaitz. It is a reflective album, born of Covid lockdown. Deep Pockets has arrived earlier than scheduled. After the first UK lockdown prompted a rush of industry from Dana and an album's worth of songs, she and her band flew off to play the Lugano Blues Festival. With a house on Lake Maggiore at their disposal and no way of knowing when the London studios might reopen or close again, recording impromptu suddenly seemed like a good idea. Everything you hear was captured in that dazzling summer setting over just four days, in either one or two takes; that's why the music has such a distinctive heat, zest and spontaneity. Nothing's been overworked or unduly titivated, and Dana's voice, unerring in it's pitch and as expressive as ever, is just how it sounds in a live show.

1. Beat Of My Own Drum 2. We Share The Same Sky 3. The Truth About Lying 4. Deep Pockets 5. When YouÆre Feeling Blue 6. Back In The Day 7. Your Heart Sets You Apart 8. In Times Like These 9. Now YouÆre Stardust 10. Up Yours 11. Howling, Howling 12. Putting My Dreams On Hold